Excadrill Counters — Gen 9 Anything Goes GroundSteel

Gen 9 Anything Goes counter data · Sorted by KO Rate (P) · Smogon 2026-04

Checks and Counters

What beats Excadrill in Gen 9 Anything Goes? Based on Smogon's 2026-04 usage stats, the following checks and counters are the most effective at beating Excadrill. Sorted by KO Rate (P) — the chance the checker wins when it encounters Excadrill.

Excadrill is ranked #95 in Gen 9 Anything Goes with a 1.01% usage rate.

The top five checks and counters for Excadrill in Gen 9 Anything Goes are Koraidon (75.7%), Calyrex-Shadow (73.6%), Arceus (56.6%), Ho-Oh (53.5%), Smeargle (52.1%).

#CheckerEncountersKO Rate (P)KO Rate (D)
1 Koraidon Koraidon 71.112 75.7% 5.08%
2 Calyrex-Shadow Calyrex-Shadow 92.675 73.6% 4.58%
3 Arceus Arceus 46.394 56.6% 7.28%
4 Ho-Oh Ho-Oh 44.075 53.5% 7.51%
5 Smeargle Smeargle 45.113 52.1% 7.44%

KO Rate (P): % of this checker's appearances where it KO'd or forced out Excadrill. KO Rate (D): % of Excadrill's appearances where this checker KO'd or forced it out. Encounters: number of times they met in battle.

Excadrill Usage Stats

Most Used Moves

Earthquake 23.9% Rapid Spin 20.3% Iron Head 17.1% Stealth Rock 12.9% Swords Dance 8.1% Rock Slide 3.7% Rock Tomb 2.7% Fissure 2.1%

Most Used Items

Focus Sash 52.8% Leftovers 10.7% Life Orb 9.9% Heavy-Duty Boots 9.3% Air Balloon 4.0% Choice Band 4.0% Rocky Helmet 2.3% Assault Vest 1.3%

Most Used Abilities

Mold Breaker 69.3%Sand Rush 29.4%Sand Force 1.3%

Most Used Tera Types

Ground 58.8% Ghost 19.0% Water 7.0% Flying 6.7% Steel 3.5% Fire 1.7% Dragon 1.1% Fairy 1.0%

Common Teammates

Calyrex-Shadow 7.1% Miraidon 6.1% Kyogre 5.0% Koraidon 4.6% Arceus 4.3% Ditto 3.7% Sneasler 3.7% Hatterene 3.7%

Usage data based on Smogon weighted stats from 2026-04. Percentages show how often each move, item, ability, or Tera Type was used on Excadrill sets.

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